Gratuitous Bird and Dog Photos

[NDGuy]

Was a good first season for my Irish Setter/Golden

 

[El Jason]

I left the house at 5 AM yesterday to go check out a new spot. When I got there, I found it burned to a crisp without a stitch of grass cover. Plan B yielded the same result.

Fortunately plan C came together and we found some birds. The last covey of the day was a bunch of mountain quail. I’ve never shot one of these little buggers before. They sure are cool.

 

[Buffs35]

Dang darn windy and cold today.

 

[Mica Man]

The dog and I got an invite to go for a boat ride on Wednesday courtesy of BAKPAKR 's brother.

 

[brymoore]

I’ll post more in a thread later, but my dog must have crashed off a rock or cliff today while out of sight chukar hunting. I beeped her to come in to change directions when she was out 400 yards.

She came up to me and collapsed. I carried her out a mile. I thought blood sugar. Vet says internal bleeding that has stopped. He thought spleen, liver or uterus were damaged by blunt force trauma. She had a cut on her chin too. Sounds like a cliff jump. She’s stable now spending the night at the vet.

 

[El Jason]

Hope she heals up fine. Finn must’ve taken quite a fall this year and came back bleeding from his mouth and acting ringy.

She likely out for the rest of the season?

 

[Wild Bill]

Hope she heals up well!

 

[brymoore]

Hope she heals up fine. Finn must’ve taken quite a fall this year and came back bleeding from his mouth and acting ringy.

She likely out for the rest of the season?

She’s recovered and running around the vet office. Vet told me at the time he thought it might be two concerns, crash injury and RHABDOMYOLYSIS. He’s seen it in sled dogs. He’s thinking it happened too based on test results. Funny. She’s in peak shape after five months of bird season. She had internal bleeding too. He’s going to watch her for the day. I’ll pick her up at 5pm.

Other symptom I didn’t mention was she’s in the early stages of pregnancy. Vet said lots of pups. This vet told me I could hunt her…. I had to tell my wife that six times last night after hurting her baby.

 

[Montana_Wanderer]

Happy to hear she is recovering quickly!! My biggest fear is coming home to tell my wife her fur baby was injured badly while hunting.

 

[crock239]

Happy to hear she is recovering quickly!! My biggest fear is coming home to tell my wife her fur baby was injured badly while hunting.

Glad she's recovering! Scary stuff.

I brought my lab home from a trip to MN once and she was completely raw and skin cracked and peeling in her armpits and around her eyes and nose...obviously in tons of pain and just shaking and trembling and could hardly move. I felt terrible and she obviously felt worse. Vet thought she ran through a plant she's allergic to...it was like a really bad chemical burn. Lots of pain meds and Took 4-6 weeks to heal. Still not sure exactly what caused it.

My kids were like, "maybe we shouldn't hunt her anymore. "

Fortunately she made a full recovery and our family has been out hunting together more and seeing how much she truly loves it.

Cheers to a full recovery and many more days afield for you both!

 

[nastynate]

Now the seasons really over. Good final run this past weekend. One of those guys had 25” tail feathers!

 

[Mica Man]

Went for a walk with my brother and a buddy for the final day of the season. We shot plenty of holes in the sky but scratched out a few and had a great trip. Looking forward to what this year has in store.

 

[El Jason]

Season finale today. I picked up the boss from the airport at 1100 last night, making it a really short night. I got up at 430 but still hit rush hour.



I forgot my chainsaw. Fortunately, no downfall. I got to the gate at 9 and got stuck in sugar snow turning around at the gate. I forgot my traction boards so I dumped 20 psi and dug out.



This is a special place. It was fitting for a last day hunt. There were plenty of birds. They held decently. I shot decently. Finn and Charli were rock stars. I killed my last bird at 1 and then hiked out.

 

[mariano742]

does anyone know of a quail guide? i’m looking to do some quail hunting when i come to AZ to scout for elk and i don’t want to pay $6k for 3-4 days of quail hunting at some orvis lodge

 

[300stw]

8 new wirehairs. the fun starts soon

 

[NR_Hunter]

The moving water is open here in MN with the recent warm snap so I finally got the pup on his first water retrieve.

 

[300stw]

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[NR_Hunter]

Anyone still have dogs here? This thread sure has been quiet. I did a fun trail with my 11 month old springer this past weekend. I didn’t plan on doing it but it was fun even tho I had no idea what I was doing.

 

[Birdbander]

Just resting through the heat. Quiet season just ended here in Michigan.
The old Pointer in the middle is retired & he's got a lot less days ahead than behind.

The two Llewellins & I will get busy training and in shape on the local ruffs & woodcock as weather allows until season opens here Sept 15. Off to Colorado for the week of Sept 21 to chase blues and there will be at least one attempt to find ptarmigan.

Not much vacation time left after that but will burn in at the end of Oct in western UP. Should be able to get in a couple of overnight trips to the eastern UP in October too.

 

[Sheltowee]

Our rescue is starting to really come out of her shell and warming up to strangers. She’s even made a few friends at our neighborhood treat shop.

Our oldest continues to be as big of a ham as ever. Never met a stranger and isn’t bashful about stopping strangers on the sidewalk for butt scritches.